Abstract
1213 642 male 571 female childhood poisoning cases were studied retrospectively Most of the cases were admitted in summer 29 0 and the majority of the cases were in the 13 month 4 year age group 64 1 The causes of poisoning were drugs 51 8 food 14 3 cleaning products 13 3 hydrocarbons 7 9 carbonmonoxide 5 6 and insecticides and pesticides 5 4 respectively Drug poisoning due to medicines related to the central nervous system were most frequent 28 0 of which antidepressant drugs were in the first row 38 5 Analgesic antipyretic poisoning 19 5 occupying the second row was most frequently due to salicylates 61 2 The majority of cases were brought within two hours after poisoning and most of the admittances were made between 7 and 12 pm 43 6 All of the food poisoning cases and about half of the other poisoning cases had already developed clinical signs when admitted Most of the cases were discharged after 24 hours None of the cases were lost Key words: Poisoning Child
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